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1 online resource |
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Copyright Page; Contents; Preface -- What Nature Does For Britain; Chapter 1 -- Nutrient nation; Chapter 2 -- Bees, bats and earwigs; Chapter 3 -- Have our fish had their chips?; Chapter 4 -- Waterland; Chapter 5 -- Taming the flood; Chapter 6 -- Carbon country; Chapter 7 -- Energy without end; Chapter 8 -- Human habitat; Chapter 9 -- Imagine; Acknowledgements; Index. |
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From the peat bogs and woodlands that help to secure our water supply, to the bees and soils that produce most of the food we eat, Britain is rich in 'natural capital'. Yet we take supplies of clean water and secure food for granted, rarely considering the free work nature does for Britain. In fact for years we have damaged the systems that sustain us under the illusion that we are keeping prices down, through intensive farming, drainage of bogs, clearing forests and turning rivers into canals. As Tony Juniper's new analysis shows, however, the ways in which we meet our needs often doesn't m. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Environmental economics -- Great Britain.
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Environmental economics. |
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Great Britain. |
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Natural history -- Great Britain.
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Natural history. |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
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Great Britain -- Environmental conditions.
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Environmental conditions. |
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Great Britain -- Rural conditions.
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Rural conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: 9781781253281 |
| ISBN |
9781782830986 (electronic book) |
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1782830987 (electronic book) |
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9781781253281 (paperback) |
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